Corporal Harold Ernest James Jackson

Army Number : 17941

Battalion : 9th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born at Bedford and lived at Stapleford, Nottinghamshire. Son of John and Margaret Jackson, of 6, Horace Avenue, Stapleford Husband of Elizabeth Sanders (formerly Jackson), of Field Head, Belper, Derby. He was a lace hand prior to enlisting at Ilkeston, Derbyshire. He served in Gallipoli during 1915 and died from shrapnel wounds, 28th July 1917.

Buried : Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Belgium. Plot 16. Row 1. Grave 18A.

Corporal Harold Ernest James Jackson is also commemorated on the following local memorials :-
St. Helen’s Church War Memorial, Stapleford, Nottinghamshire.